Late Last Night (River Bend)
“He got up at six to make the drive to Helena to give his testimony in the arson case, and called Rick Styles as soon as there was a break in the court proceedings mid-morning. “I want the property taken off the market,” he said. “I’ve decided not to sell.”
He could afford to buy Christie out, if she could be patient for a month or two while he refinanced the mortgage. It hadn’t made sense before, and it probably didn’t make sense now, but he wanted to do it anyhow.
There was a thick, three-second silence at the other end of the line. “Could I ask why?” Rick said.
“Uh… personal reasons.”
Personal reasons so crazy and intuitive and fragile, in the cold light of day, that he didn’t want to put them into words, and might second guess them this time next week.
I’ve decided not to sell, because I want to live here with a woman I kissed for the first time about nine hours ago.
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